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[Hrk69]

The Evolution Championship Series (Evo for short) is the largest and longest-running fighting game tournaments in the world.
During Evo's flagship event each year, players and fans gather to compete in open format tournaments that crowns World Champions.

At Evo, you'll see established champions face off against unknown rivals.
You'll find players who have only fought online building real-life friendships and rivalries.
You'll find people new to fighting games discovering a culture turning them into life-long fans.
Everything that makes fighting games special is at the heart of Evo, and it is all in one place at Evo 2024!

Evo | The Ultimate Fighting Game Tournament

The biggest fighting game tournament in the world returns. Get all the details on Evo’s three action-packed days plus the crowning of new World Champions.

www.evo.gg

Schedule:

Spoiler

 

[Paltheos]

Important to note that, as always, Evo runs several channels on twitch. The Hunter x Hunter game is currently being showcased on the main channel, but you can watch tournament play on the other channels.

 

[EviLore]

Thanks for making a thread, Evo is always a fun watch.

 

[anthony2690]

Love watching Evo, hopefully we see more of Garou city of the wolves and some cool stuff for street fighter & guilty gear

 

[Elbereth]

For those who aren’t aware, this will make your EVO experience much better. You can watch multiple Twitch streams simultaneously.

MultiTwitch

 

[cormack12]

As someone who doesn't play fighting games and never beat Shao Khan, why do all the high level fights look so basic when there are so many flashy moves.

Bonus question, do any of the top ranked players just play and not pay attention to frame data etc

Bonus bonus question how can you seriously play against a the CPU in fighting games. How is the AI even coded? Just quicker reactions to what you do? Or any predictive/ML stuff going on?

 

[EviLore]

As someone who doesn't play fighting games and never beat Shao Khan, why do all the high level fights look so basic when there are so many flashy moves.

Flashy moves usually need to be set up by landing a basic attack in order to not be punishable. Otherwise, the opponent can block the big move and counter-attack easily. So high level battles usually involve a lot of little pokes, zoning, feeling things out until an opening is exposed, then they will burn all their meter to make it count.

 

[cormack12]

Flashy moves usually need to be set up by landing a basic attack in order to not be punishable. Otherwise, the opponent can block the big move and counter-attack easily. So high level battles usually involve a lot of little pokes, zoning, feeling things out until an opening is exposed, then they will burn all their meter to make it count.

Is it possible to play these games reaction only do you think?

 

[EviLore]

Is it possible to play these games reaction only do you think?

Hmm, well, depends. Fighting game pros can usually get good at lots of different fighting games, and a lot of that is reactions and being able to read opponents' intentions etc. The execution requirements for moves vary a lot between games and even characters (think charge characters in street fighter compared to Ken). Reactions alone typically won't cut it but being gifted in that regard will certainly help.

 

[Icymanipulator]

I’ll be watching all weekend, can’t wait!

Did Diago get his visa issues figured out?

 

[[Sigma]]

All weekend!

I’ll be watching all weekend, can’t wait!

Did Diago get his visa issues figured out?

He made it.

 

[nikos]

Glad we have a thread!

Was going to make one but I'm still a tad salty about being permabanned from their main twitch channel in 2021, over a troll post that got lost in a sea of messages.

Figured it may have been auto-modded, so I appealed a year later and was denied. Probably by somebody who wasn't even born when I was playing fighting games. FGC has really changed over the years.

Anyway, I've been to EVO a couple of times and it was fun. Will catch what I can and probably at least watch Top 8.

 

[Icymanipulator]

All weekend!


He made it.

Yes!!!!

Even if he doesn’t win, I love watching him play

 

[Hrk69]

All weekend!


He made it.

I can't play games any other way, I need something to watch on my 2nd monitor (unless I'm playing something competitive like Street Fighter)

 

[TwiztidElf]

Announcement wise, I'm hoping for:
MVC Collection shadow drop
Arc Systems One Piece Fighterz (yeah, I live in hope)
Solid 2XKO news. Release date?

 

[a multicultural team of v]

I'm at the event right now, don't play or watch fighting games but always wanted to go since it is such a fun watch each year.

They have an awesome free play arcade area, gonna rock some Densha de Go later

 

[nikos]

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[anthony2690]

#playki

Genuinely surprised to see a killer instinct advert...

 

[Edmund]

Having a 7 Cheese Pizza and Jack Daniel's Whiskey Coca Cola while watching Evo. (I'm a Street Fighter and Tekken guy)

 

[Icymanipulator]

Had no idea that Chris G plays modern Chun

 

[Edmund]

Had no idea that Chris G plays modern Chun

Yeah me too. lol.

 

[Edmund]

Which players are ya'll rooting for?

Street Fighter 6 - Xian, Tokido, Kakeru, Daigo.

Tekken 8 - Knee, JDCR.

 

[Celcius]

I'm hoping the release date for the Marvel vs Capcom collection gets announced during this. It was cool to see Vice and Mature get announced for KOF XV though.

 

[Edmund]

 

[beatdowniidx]

wow they just shadow dropped SvC Chaos

 

[Futaleufu]

If Kevin is in COTW its safe to assume everybody from MOTW but Grant is in.

 

[Slothbeing1209]

Only in EVO

 

[Hrk69]

 

[Futaleufu]

That MK game got void because the final patch wasnt applied? WTF is this game?

 

[Neff]

Is it possible to play these games reaction only do you think?

It's equal parts basic fighting game knowledge and reaction, and you won't go far without either. You can hop into a brand new game and do relatively well solely with reaction, so long as you comprehend the core concepts of the genre- block beats attack, attack beats throw, and throw beats block, along with a general understanding that any move typically will be equally as good as it is bad- if it hits hard, it'll leave you vulnerable if it doesn't land or is blocked, whereas a jab won't do much damage but gives you the chance to immediately block or follow up with something else. As pointed out, skillful play is a matter of spacing, poking, baiting, and getting a feel for weaknesses in your opponent's play style. Your best moves aren't necessarily the big flashy ones, but the ones which allow you to control the flow of the fight, condition your opponent, and turn the tide in the right circumstances.

Crazy times we live in. This game is so ugly and broken but I played the absolute shit out of it back in the day.

 

[Edmund]

I'm gonna scream if there's gonna be a Capcom Vs Snk 2 remastered with rollback netcode. That was my favourite fighting game of all time when I was a kid.

 

[near]

Maximilian and friends streaming Garou 2, it's looking pretty good. I want to see the full roster already.

 

[Slothbeing1209]

 

[TheDuskwalker]

Only in EVO

Netflix Lili coming through.

 

[ReBurn]

The codpiece really pulls the ensemble together

 

[SALMORE]

MenaRD is out ?!

 

[[Sigma]]

Dat Bison combo

MenaRD is out ?!

Yep eliminated by Nemo(Bison).

 

[a multicultural team of v]

I was standing next to them for a while watching Third Strike and they constantly had people coming up asking to take a pic of them doing the pose lol

 

[nikos]

Fuudo really lost to that bum ass neutral jump?

 

[nikos]

TOKIDO NOOOOOOOOO

 

[nikos]

Let's go, Nemo! GET HIM OUTTA HERE.

 

[[Sigma]]

Bison boyz! I told you. Nemo in top 6 lol.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Under Night In-Birth was great, I'm sad that Melty Blood is gone but that was a lot of fun to watch

 

[kazuyamishima]

Looking at videos online, it seems that there are a lot of arcade cabinets and lots of people playing them.

Is this something that has been happening a lot in the recent years or is something that got “better” with the Sony acquisition of EVO?

 

[nikos]

Looking at videos online, it seems that there are a lot of arcade cabinets and lots of people playing them.

Is this something that has been happening a lot in the recent years or is something that got “better” with the Sony acquisition of EVO?

Probably that Sony money. I went in 2011 and 2013 and don't remember it being a thing.

 

[Klosshufvud]

This whole event feels like one big ad. I'm so sick of hearing Chipotle between every match. There are so many better tourneys.

 

[Northeastmonk]

Will Arslan Ash take home Tekken this year? I’m super impressed to see Pakistan rise up in Tekken. What are they doing differently?

NRS must make games just for SonicFox.

 

[kazuyamishima]

Probably that Sony money. I went in 2011 and 2013 and don't remember it being a thing.

Good to know, I was happy seeing people playing ultimate mortal Kombat 3 and others.

 

[Futaleufu]

This whole event feels like one big ad. I'm so sick of hearing Chipotle between every match. There are so many better tourneys.

In a couple of years EVO will resemble PAX or SDCC instead of a fighting game tournament

 

[NeverYouMind]

NRS must make games just for SonicFox.

It was super boring to watch MK1. I have seen indie fighters with better animation, combos, and neutral. I miss MKXL and Injustice 2 even more. SonicFox got filtered in Injustice 2.